#royal air force squadrons

[theworldatwar]

Members of 611 West Lancashire Squadron lend a hand to an RAF pilot by pushing his Spitfire Mark IXB in to position - Biggin Hill, England, 1942

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SUPERMARINE SPITFIRES

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Six pilotes canadiens du 416 'City of Oshawa' Tactical Fighter Squadron – Angleterre – 30 mai 1944

©Royal Canadian Air Force

©Colorisation de Canadian Colour

Une semaine avant le jour J, les six pilotes se sont battus contre six avions ennemis, en détruisant quatre et en endommageant un, sans aucune perte à déplorer.

En haut de gauche à droite : adjudant Patterson de Kelowna (Colombie-Britannique), lieutenant W.F. Mason de Smiths Falls (Ontario), lieutenant G.A. Borland de Guelph (Ontario)

En bas de gauche à droite : Officier pilote W.H. Palmer de Kamloops et Salmon Arm (Colombie-Britannique), lieutenant R.D. Forbes-Roberts de Vancouver (Colombie-Britannique) et lieutenant A.R. McFadden de Springdale (Alberta)

[humanoidhistory]

⬆️ Star Wars influence ⬆️

[tmcphotoblog]

Such glorious photo of HM King George VI visiting No. 617 Squadron in 1943.

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Ground crew work on an RNZAF SBD-4 on Espiritu Santo, 1944

[opelman]

Incognito by Treflyn Lloyd-Roberts Via Flickr: With its squadron markings removed, RAF Typhoon ZK331 speeds past Bwlch in the Mach Loop during a low-level training sortie. Aircraft: Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4 ZK331. Location: Bwlch yr Oerddrws, Gwynedd, Wales.

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Another Codz oc just drop, this time, it's a guy now!

Might make his story soon 👀💖

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"WOULD GET BACK AT THEM," Toronto Star. October 9, 1942. Page 3. --- Sergs. Sadecky was given little chance of being able ever to walk again after his crash, but is making a good recovery and hopes to return to duty with the famed 'Demon Squadron' of the R.C.A.F. overseas. "I SAW THAT HAPPEN," RELATES TORONTO AIRMAN WHO RAIDED CONVOY." --- "I had a grandstand seat.... It gives you a funny feeling to pick up a a paper weeks after and see a picture of something you saw with your own eyes," Sergt. Tom Sadesky of Toronto and Souris, Man., now recovering from a broken back in Christie Street hospital was wireless operator of the coastal command plane which took part in an epic attack on a German convoy off the Dutch coast illustrated in last week's Star Weekly by the Montague Black drawing reproduced here. It shows the plane which was third behind Sadesky's crashing with its full bomb load on the deck of the freighter. His own plane was hit, and crashed in landing at its home airport.

[jamesliskutin]

Watch "OPERATION OVERLORD: NO 311 CZECHOSLOVAK (COASTAL COMMAND) SQUADRON RAF AT BEAULIEU AIRFIELD" on YouTube

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Christopher Lee - Jingle Hell 2013

Sir Christopher Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a career spanning more than sixty years, Lee became known as an actor with a deep and commanding voice who often portrayed villains in horror and franchise films. Lee was knighted for services to drama and charity in 2009, received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011 and received the BFI Fellowship in 2013. Lee gained fame for portraying Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films. His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in two Star Wars films (2002–2008) and Saruman in both The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014). Before his acting career, Lee served in the Royal Air Force as an intelligence officer, attached to the No. 260 Squadron RAF during World War II as a liaison officer for the Special Operations Executive. He retired from the RAF in 1946 with the rank of flight lieutenant. Lee also sang, recorded opera and musical pieces between 1986 and 1998 and worked with several heavy metal bands.

With the song "Jingle Hell", Lee entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 22, thus becoming the oldest living performer to ever enter the music charts, at 91 years and 6 months. After media attention, the song rose to number 18. "Jingle Hell" also features classically trained soprano Li Li.

"Jingle Hell" received a total of 29,4% yes votes.

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SUPERMARINE SPITFIRES

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Un Gloster Meteor T7 du 613 Squadron RAF à l'aérodrome Ta' Qali – Malte – Juillet 1952

©RuthAS

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Supermarine Spitfire Mark Vs of No 417 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force pictured in loose formation over the Tunisian desert, 1943. The red propeller spinner was a theatre marking for day-flying allied aircraft.

Image: IWM (TR 826)

@I_W_M via X

[spiritundaunted]

The RAF Chapel at Westminster Abbey was unveiled in 1947 at a service attended by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. The royal guests are looking up at the magnificent stained glass window of the chapel.

The Chapel is dedicated to the men of the Royal Air Force who died in the Battle of Britain in 1940.

The exquisite stained glass window includes the badges of 70 squadrons who fought in the Battle, together with the furled flags of New Zealand, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Belgium, and the United States of America.

Left, the Chapel stained glass window. Right, detail of the Polish squadron badge.

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Supermarine Spitfire Mark Vs of No 417 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force pictured in loose formation over the Tunisian desert, 1943. The red nose-cone was a theater marking for day-flying allied aircraft.